Capacitor Lab
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About
Topics
- Capacitor
- Capacitance
- Circuits
Description
Explore how a capacitor works! Change the size of the plates and add a dielectric to see how it affects capacitance. Change the voltage and see charges built up on the plates. Shows the electric field in the capacitor. Measure voltage and electric field.
Sample Learning Goals
- Determine the relationship between charge and voltage for a capacitor.
- Determine the energy stored in a capacitor or a set of capacitors in a circuit.
- Explore the effect of space and dielectric materials inserted between the conductors of the capacitor in a circuit.
- Determine the equivalent capacitance of a set of capacitors in series and in parallel in a circuit.
For Teachers
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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Authors | Level | Type |
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| Using PhET in Electricity Unit |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
CQs Lab Demo |
| Capacitor Lab: Inquiry into Capacitor Design |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Lab HW |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
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| Lab: Capacitance | Largo | HS | Lab | ||
| PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C | Roberta Tanner | HS | Other | ||
| 'Lectronic Plates | Dean Baird | UG-Intro HS |
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| The Two-Plate Special | Dean Baird | UG-Intro HS |
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| Capacitor Building Guided Inquiry | Tom O'Dell | HS | Lab | ||
| variables de capacitores | GUDIEL ROBLERO | MS | HW | ||
| Caps in Parallel, Series | Timothy Long | HS | CQs | ||
| Capacitors | Duane Dolejsi | UG-Intro HS |
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| Capacitors and Dielectrics | Thad Gough | HS | Lab | ||
| Virtual Capacitor Lab | Clive Hamilton | UG-Intro HS |
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Translations
Related Simulations
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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